Media Training update w/c 21st July

Edition 504

Good morning, it’s Monday 21st July

Kicking off this week with an observation about headspace during tough interviews…

7 Days In America

Trump was interviewed on Fox by his daughter-in-law. (Frost-Nixon it wasn’t.) Congress defunded NPR and PBS. CBS axed The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a vocal critic of the President. And Trump filed a lawsuit against Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal following their reporting on the Epstein story.

A horrible week for the US media.

Stories scheduled for the next seven days:

Today: Keir Starmer questioned by Liaison Committee.

Tuesday: New immigration and visa reforms take effect.

England face Italy in Women’s Euros semifinal. 

Wednesday: Google and Tesla results.

England begin fourth Test match against India. 

Thursday: EU-China summit in Beijing.

Friday: Donald Trump begins five-day visit to Scotland.

Resident doctors’ strike begins.

Saturday:  British and Irish Lions second Test against Australia.

Sunday: Women’s Euros final. (England v Germany?)



“Immigrants are more likely to be seen as unique individuals with their own thoughts and intentions, rather than assuming they all share the same group beliefs, when the media describes them with language about their mental states.”

Fascinating research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience on how language in the media shapes public views of immigration.

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The Liftable Quote Club

Send in any you spot and I’ll try and include one each week. This line was in an FT article about the state of the Australian airline sector:

“Tim Davie and his team are heading towards unavoidable financial choices – do they change the licence fee model, cut costs or find some other way of making money? In reality, they are looking at all three.”

Guardian Media Editor Michael Savage on the existential threat facing the BBC.

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Except of course Morning Live hasn’t been axed – it’s just off air for six weeks over summer, like it is every year.

But for publisher Reach, it’s another cynical opportunity for clickbait, spewed across its brands. As Martin Lewis put it recently, it’s “a swamp of muck and crap.”

News In Brief

Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce (£415k each) are now the highest-paid journalists at the BBC after the departure of Huw Edwards.

The BBC annual report for 2024/25 also reveals:

• Laura Kuenssberg earns between £395,000 and £399,999
• Justin Webb earns between £365,000 and £369,999
• Chris Mason earns between £270,000 and £274,999

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Dip back into Year Of The Expert…

Footnotes:

On this day: Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon on this day in 1969.

Monday weather: Grimsby – 19 degrees with light rain. Halifax – 21 degrees.

Mutts: Leo living his best life…

Be part of the MMB. Thoughts on this week’s content, or interviews you’ve seen, heard, or (best of all) done, please let us know.

Have a great week. Back next Monday with one more before the summer break.

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